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Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Great eighth (six runs) lifts Sox — ATLANTA — With just one Rudy Seanez pitch, delivered at 86 miles per hour with next-to-no movement, except for the arc it traced on its way out of the ballpark, this looked like a 2-4 road swing through Minnesota and Atlanta.
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Surviving Grady
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
The timing was right for Seanez — Despite off night, reliever gets win — ATLANTA — Game-winning pitcher Rudy Seanez? — The same Seanez whose first pitch last night was belted into the left-field seats for a three-run home run by Jeff Francoeur, one swing erasing the one-run lead Curt Schilling had nursed through six innings?
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Got Pap?
Chris Snow / Boston Globe:
Snyder's stay could be brief — After start, he's likely demoted — ATLANTA — Meet Kyle Snyder. He's 6 feet 8 inches and has had four major arm surgeries. When he's effective he sinks the ball in the low 90s, with a good changeup and an average curve.
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
With Rivera Resting, Ninth Becomes Wang's to Lose — WASHINGTON, June 18 — In the left-field bullpen at R.F.K. Stadium late Sunday afternoon, the greatest closer in Yankees history began to stretch. It was the ninth inning, and the Yankees had a one-run lead. Mariano Rivera wanted the call.
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Don't look now, but A-Rod's hot — WASHINGTON — It's almost cruel. Alex Rodriguez gets important, timely hits two straight days, and both get lost amid two tough defeats. — Rodriguez's two-out RBI double off Gary Majewski in the eighth yesterday opened a one-run lead …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Zimmerman's Homer Lifts Nationals Over Yankees — Sitting along the third base line more than 20 rows from the Washington Nationals' dugout at RFK Stadium, Keith Zimmerman watched New York Yankees left fielder Melky Cabrera run down a blast off the bat of Jose Vidro to end the eighth inning …
Damian Cristodero / St. Petersburg Times:
Upton arrested, accused of DWI — B.J. Upton, one of the Devil Rays' most touted prospects, was arrested Friday morning in Chapel Hill, N.C., on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. — Late Friday night, the shortstop for Triple-A Durham, apologized. — "I want to apologize to everyone …
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Baseball Musings
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Associated Press:
That's all, folks — Karsay announces retirement after 11-year career — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Steve Karsay had the rare luxury of beginning and ending his career with the same club. — Karsay announced his retirement from the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, one day after pitching the A's …
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Sean Brennan / NY Daily News:
Imperfect 10 good enough — He was the first pitcher to 10 wins, beating Detroit's Kenny Rogers to the feat by about an hour. But after rebounding from two straight rough outings to pick up the win in the Mets' 9-4 victory over the Orioles yesterday, Tom Glavine says he has a ways …
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Metsblog.com
NY Daily News:
New Eli in town quite a catch — The first thing he noticed was the noise. — "Guys are real loud here," Eli Marrero, the newest Met, said yesterday afternoon, after the best team in the National League won another game in bizarre fashion. — And he was right: Even on a day when the stands …
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Metsblog.com
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Pedro gets hip check — Pedro Martinez put on his jewelry and joked with reporters surrounding his locker with serious questions last night. After suffering his third defeat of the season - all of which have come in the last three weeks - the Mets' ace said he felt better in the 4-2 loss to the Orioles at Shea than he had in a week.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Bullpen gets needed break — This past week, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa mused that the toll a journey into the American League can take on a pitching staff could prompt the addition of a reliever to the bullpen, or a pitcher to the roster. — It did. And it still may.
Conor Nicholl / MLB.com:
Izzy says Pujols' return is imminent — Trainer, skipper more cautious in appraising slugger's progress — ST. LOUIS — Jason Isringhausen said Albert Pujols, sidelined with a right oblique strain, could return to the Cardinals in the Detroit series starting June 23.
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Viva El Birdos
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Notes: Yost finesses lineup — Weeks getting comfortable with the leadoff spot — MILWAUKEE — Brewers manager Ned Yost shuffled the deck again on Saturday, still looking for the right offensive mix nearly halfway into the season. — Yost batted Rickie Weeks in his usual leadoff hole …
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Al's Ramblings
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Notes: Team expects to win every day — General manager recognizes .500 finish as an accomplishment — MIAMI — Having a low payroll, and loads of rookies, hasn't diminished the Marlins' expectations. — Obviously, with a payroll of about $15 million, and in a season where 18 rookies …
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FishStripes
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Bowden active in trade talks — General manager in daily discussions regarding potentials deals — WASHINGTON — Nationals general manager Jim Bowden is having daily discussions with opposing general managers when it comes to making possible trades.
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Oleanders and Morning Glories
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ESPN:
Transcript: David Segui's interview with ESPN … David Segui, in an interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on Saturday, admitted that his was one of the names redacted in an IRS affidavit that claims Jason Grimsley received two kits of human growth hormone. Portions of that conversation …
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